Rolf Veldman is CEO of Voice123, the world’s first and largest online marketplace for professional voice actors. In this in-depth conversation, we delve into the hot-button issues and changes that are already happening in the voiceover industry regarding AI, TTS, and Pay-to-Plays, and how they might play out in the future. I found Rolf to have a very detailed, nuanced understanding of the industry, its future, and V123’s place in it. Please note that this interview was before the merger with Backstage.
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With over twenty years as a professional voice actor, J. Michael Collins has worked with some of the biggest companies, brands, sports leagues, and organizations on the planet. In addition to his work in the classic, agency-based world of VO, J. Michael has established himself as a leading authority in the online casting marketplace and has become recognized as an industry leading voice talent coach and demo producer as well. J. Michael is a 38 time Voice Arts Award winner as a voice actor, demo producer, script writer, and casting director.
Robb is a successful, and currently, working Voice Over Talent and Coach who specializes in both Spanish and English commercial work. With over a decade of acting training through the Fame School of the Arts and the American Academy of Dramatic Arts, his acting pursuits in theater took him to the world of voice over, where being bilingual has truly paid off for him and his clients.
Robb is currently the voice of “Pushy the Push Pop” in the US and Canada, and has worked commercially with McDonald’s, Lunazul Tequila, Pepsi, National Geographic, Fisher Price, AT&T and most recently campaigns with Giorgio Armani in English and Yves Saint Laurent in Spanish.
Today’s guest is the amazing Jim Conroy, commercial, animation, and game voice actor, commercial actor, film and tv actor, voice of Ameritrade, and many other brands over the 20 years he’s been doing this, not to mention dozens of celebrity impersonations on Celebrity Death Match.
He’s known for appearing on television shows, such as Celebrity Deathmatch, Kenny the Shark and Fetch! with Ruff Ruffman, as well as numerous radio commercials and video games. He has worked for WGBH, The Walt Disney Company and Discovery Channel.
He’s been in Curious George, Ice Age: Continental Drift, Grand Theft Autio IV & V, Star Wars: The Old Republic, and many more.
Tom is a New York based voice actor who has been in the business since 2017. He is currently represented by Stewart Talent and has worked with clients such as AT&T, Heineken, Nickelodeon, IBM, and McDonald’s to name a few.
He loves VO because no two gigs are ever alike! I mean what job allows you to be a dinosaur in a kid’s show and then talk about the Nintendo Switch in a commercial? All in the same day?!
Battled stuttering, stammering, and a lisp. Fell into broadcasting at age 17 after going through speech therapy as a tween. Working in broadcasting since 1994, first paid VO gig in 1996. Mel has been a writer, producer, production director, and coach for radio, television and voice over. Currently a working voice over talent and the host of the AnyVoices Podcast at AnyVoices.com and voice overs at TheRealVoice.com
Dee started in radio many years ago, learning his VO and engineering chops. He has over 20 years of experience recording & producing for local businesses as well as large corporations and has hundreds of clients in over 50 countries doing commercial, animation, games, eLearning, narration, and just about anything else clients need, including advanced editing.
In this episode, we talk music, nerd out on equipment, and get into the nitty gritty of VO.
Steve French has been in voiceover for over a decade. He’s been a promo voice for NASCAR and narrated nature documentaries for National Geographic. He’s a game show announcer (Match Game) and an Undead Drust Monster (World of Warcraft). He’s given voice to the Armor All Viking, and an animatronic purple koala (Netflix’s Maniac). He’s voiced spooky movie trailers (Phantasm Remastered) and delightfully silly commercials (Purina Busy dog treats). He’s also the voice of the promo spots for The Mandalorian.